Forwarding for ID Distributed as Alocasia fornicata ? <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a---l/ar/araceae/alocasia/alocasia-fornicata-1> Group discussion at Araceae for ID (google.com) <https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/c/oi4JuKNkBWY>
On Thursday, October 9, 2014 at 10:18:43 PM UTC+5:30 [email protected] wrote: > Sawmliana Ji, > > Before I reply your other thread > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!topic/indiantreepix/e5eE6YgOC_c> > > I would like to explain it first, one more time - > This plant is *Alocasia* because 1) leaves are glossy (though *Colocasia > antiquorum* has also glossy leaf, as per FoC > <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=107697#KEY-1-4>) > 2) berries, though I haven't seen any, of *Colocasia* are obconic or > oblong, greenish to dull orange and 3) even FoC doesn't know how the > berry of *C. antiquorum* > <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200027261> looks > like! > > This is *Alocasia* - but which species? > Bengal Plants provides KEY I have sent you in my earlier mail to another > thread - > (i) basal lobes of leaves connate for one-third to one-fourth = > *fornicata* > (ii) basal lobes connate for three-fourth (please also check FoC > <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=250095401> for > their view), leaves elongate-rhomboid, caudate-acuminate = a*cuminata* > > As per Bengal Plants we do not have *A. acuminata* here. I think I have *A. > fornicata* pictures and I have uploaded those a number of times. The > connate part of *A. fornicata* is very variable as noted by Haines. And I > have seen young leaves just like this one. So, I have suggested this plant > to be *Alocasia fornicata*. > > But, it may also be *A. acuminata* > http://apps.kew.org/herbcat/detailsQuery.do?barcode=K000675785 instead! > > My view is - please check an entire population, for variation in leaves > (connate part. lamina shape, leaf apex), number of inflorescence to reach a > satisfactory conclusion. > > Thank you > Regards > > > > > > On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 10:36 PM, surajit koley <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> May be young leaf of *Alocasia fornicata* Schott. Attached here a few >> photographs, for comparison. >> >> Thank you >> >> Regards >> >> >> >> On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 11:32 AM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Forwarding again for Id assistance please. >>> >>> >>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>> From: M Sawmliana <[email protected]> >>> Date: 8 August 2014 20:08 >>> Subject: [efloraofindia:196064] Araceae for ID >>> To: [email protected] >>> >>> >>> Location : Mizoram >>> Date : 12-10-2012 >>> Habit : Herb >>> Habitat : Wild >>> >>> >>> Regards, >>> M.Sawmliana >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "efloraofindia" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> With regards, >>> J.M.Garg >>> >>> 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' >>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> >>> The whole world uses my Image Resource >>> <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a >>> thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. >>> (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). You can also use them for free as >>> per Creative Commons license attached with each image. >>> >>> For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian >>> Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group >>> <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the >>> world- around 2380 members & 1,96,000 messages on 31/7/14) or Efloraofindia >>> website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species >>> database of more than 9500 species & 1,90,000 images). Winner of >>> Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia >>> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. >>> >>> Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of >>> India'. >>> >> >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/ad359e8d-6af5-4022-ad23-7cec0eac3148n%40googlegroups.com.
